Wise words Rob. Marketing budget needs to be twice dev cost at least. Sent from my iPhone
On 23 Jun 2010, at 11:28, Rob Hayward <[email protected]> wrote: > It's a big room but it's a noisy one too, there are already a lot of good > apps out there for accounting, with some money and experience behind them too. > > I'm all for new ideas but it would need to be pretty innovative or approached > to suit a niche personality/market with the user experience to get a bite of > the market share I would assume. > > Oh yea and the marketing budget to tell the world why you different from the > rest of course ;) > > On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 11:21 AM, Graham Salmon <[email protected]> > wrote: > Thanks for that. Firstly it's a big room ! Secondly, although some apps > declare their 'simplicity', they're not that simple to use.Thirdly, double > entry bookkeeping is essentially a manual operation. Sage for example was > developed to replicate double entry manual systems to make bookkeepers feel > comfortable. There's no real reason why that should continue. > > From: Paul Wilson <[email protected]> > > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wed, 23 June, 2010 10:54:39 > > Subject: Re: [NWRUG] Re: Ruby on Rails- Financial applications > > Surely, there's an elephant in the room here: FreeAgent Central, the > accounting/book-keeping product (written in Rails). > > http://www.freeagentcentral.com/ > > (or with my referrer id) > > http://www.freeagentcentral.com/?referrer=2y02htpp > > > On the other side of the Atlantic there's > > https://www.iacez.com/home > and > http://lessaccounting.com/ > > > > > > On 23 Jun 2010, at 10:39, Peter Morris wrote: > > > Hmmmmm, no need for double entry.... > > > > I was once told that double entry book keeping was one of the main invented > > machines of the human race. > > > > Along with the wheel, lever, fire etc. > > > > I think it would be very difficult to gain acceptance for any accounting > > system that did not at least approximate the functionality of double entry > > book keeping. > > > > > > On 23 Jun 2010, at 09:52, Graham Salmon wrote: > > > >> Thanks. I'll take a look at that. I was trying to avoid using traditional > >> accountancy coding systems,eg Sage, because they are based on the > >> centuries-old manual double entry system. Frankly there is no need for a > >> 'double entry' aspect in current systems. > >> > >> From: Francis Fish <[email protected]> > >> To: [email protected] > >> Sent: Wed, 23 June, 2010 8:22:33 > >> Subject: Re: [NWRUG] Re: Ruby on Rails- Financial applications > >> > >> "It's just software" - acts_as_taggable plugin? > >> http://agilewebdevelopment.com/plugins/acts_as_taggable_on_steroids > >> > >> Unless you're talking about accountancy-style coding systems - that's more > >> a function of the package than Rails, surely? > >> > >> Thanks and regards, > >> > >> Francis > >> > >> Follow me on twitter https://twitter.com/fjfish > >> Blog at http://www.francisfish.com > >> (you can also buy my books from there!) > >> CV http://www.pharmarketeer.com/francis.html > >> > >> Comfort the frightened, coach the clueless and teach the uninformed. Seth > >> Godin > >> > >> > >> On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 11:26 PM, Graham Salmon > >> <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Benjamin > >> Is it a bookkeeping based app? I'm concerned that Rails may be too > >> inflexible to accommodate sufficient tagging for customised reports. > >> > >> Sent from my iPhone > >> > >> On 22 Jun 2010, at 01:52, Ebotech <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> > On Jun 21, 9:34 am, Graham Salmon <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> B2B accounting > >> > > >> > I am in the middle of writing a rails based accounting app if that > >> > helps... > >> > > >> > > >> > Benjamin > >> > > >> > -- > >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > >> > Groups "NWRUG" group. > >> > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> > [email protected]. > >> > For more options, visit this group at > >> > http://groups.google.com/group/nwrug-members?hl=en. > >> > > >> > >> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > >> "NWRUG" group. > >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> [email protected]. > >> For more options, visit this group at > >> http://groups.google.com/group/nwrug-members?hl=en. > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > >> "NWRUG" group. > >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> [email protected]. > >> For more options, visit this group at > >> http://groups.google.com/group/nwrug-members?hl=en. > >> > >> > >> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > >> "NWRUG" group. > >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> [email protected]. > >> For more options, visit this group at > >> http://groups.google.com/group/nwrug-members?hl=en. > > > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "NWRUG" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/nwrug-members?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NWRUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nwrug-members?hl=en. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NWRUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nwrug-members?hl=en. > > > > -- > Rob Hayward > Freelance Web Developer > http://www.robhayward.co.uk > 07595 453 949 > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NWRUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nwrug-members?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NWRUG" group. 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